West Point targeted for “four-star” hotel

HIGHLAND FALLS, N.Y. – A group of local West Point graduates is proposing a high-quality, 120-room hotel on U.S. Route 9W near the US Military Academy.

On Thursday, the Orange County Industrial Development Agency approved a package of financial incentives for the project.

The IDA will grant a 10-year payment in lieu of taxes, sales tax exemption and other financial benefits.

The $20 million project by Churchill Properties will be geared toward the tourist trade, said IDA Associate Executive Director Laurie Villasuso.

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“They want to enhance the offering of the area,” Villasuso said, noting that around graduation time, hotel rooms are at a premium creating a huge spike in tourism in the area because of all of the families coming to town. The developers want to expand on that and serve tourism year-round.